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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
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Global News Archive for April 2006:
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Europe Stops Payments to Hamas-Led Palestinians
The decision increased pressure on the Palestinians' new cash-strapped government...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
At Least 71 Die as Bombers Hit Mosque in Baghdad
The mosque is the religious bastion of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the country's most powerful Shiite party...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Ruddock brings end to Wales row
Ex-Wales coach Mike Ruddock says he has settled his differences with the Welsh Rugby Union...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
BAA rejects hostile Ferrovial bid
UK airports group BAA rejects a hostile £8.75bn bid from Spanish construction group Ferrovial...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Officer sold secrets to gangsters
A police officer who sold force intelligence to gangsters is jailed for three and a half years...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Mother guilty of killing her baby
A woman is convicted of the culpable homicide of her seven-month-old daughter more than 20 years ago...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
US suspends aid to Palestinians
The US says it will suspend direct aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian government - hours after a similar move by the EU...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Minister reassurance over Airbus
The government has said it is committed to Airbus after BAE Systems revealed plans to sell its 20% stake...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Six killed in Israeli air strike
An Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip kills six Palestinians in the deadliest such attack since Hamas took power...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Nepalis Attack Police and Invite Arrest
Flouting a ban on political demonstrations, hundreds took to the streets of the capital demanding a restoration of democracy...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Bomb Explodes Inside a Shiite Mosque in Baghdad
At least 71 dead and at least 140 wounded, according to an official at the interior ministry...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Facing Tough Questions, Bush Defends War
President Bush offered some of his most direct comments about where he contended United States operations in Iraq had gone wrong...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Growth's Caprice Angers Some Peruvians
Polls show that more than half of Peruvians are ready to forget President Alejandro Toledo in Sunday's elections...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Today's Russian Newspapers
Ukraine had some movement on a parliamentary stalemate, and other news from Russia and the post-Soviet nations...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Rush to grab European net names
EU citizens have rushed to grab a .eu domain name, with most coming from Germany and the UK...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
UKIP steps up war with the Tories
UKIP is to contest all Tory marginals in the wake of David Cameron's remark they were "closet racists"...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Thousands of dentists ditch NHS
About 2,000 dentists walked away from the NHS, leaving up to 1m patients without a service...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Royle Family to make a comeback
A one-off special of BBC comedy The Royle Family is being written by co-creator Caroline Aherne...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Paedophile admits toddler kidnap
A convicted child abuser released early from prison, pleads guilty to snatching a child from her home and assaulting her...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Ferrovial makes hostile BAA bid
Spain's Grupo Ferrovial launches a £8.75bn hostile bid for UK airport group BAA, the owner of London Heathrow...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Dead swans not killed by bird flu
Tests carried out on the dead swans found in Counties Down and Antrim show they did not die from bird flu...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Virus outbreak 'can be contained'
Rural Affairs Minister Ross Finnie says appropriate steps have been taken
to contain bird flu...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Judge rapped over boy's race case
A union criticises a judge who said prosecuting a boy for alleged racism was "political correctness gone mad"...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
UN watchdog head to visit Iran
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog will go Tehran next week to discuss Iran's nuclear programme...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Senate delays US immigration deal
The US Senate fails to approve a much-heralded deal to overhaul immigration law for the first time in decades...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Italy parties in final poll push
Italian political parties are holding their final rallies as a tumultuous election campaign draws to a close...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
UN seeks East Africa drought aid
The United Nations launches a $425m appeal to help feed 8m people in urgent need of assistance across East Africa...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Day at a glance
On Friday, 7 April, the BBC took an in-depth look at the reality of life in Iraq, almost three years after the fall of Baghdad...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Tennis: Britain ends day level
Great Britain and Serbia & Montenegro end the first day of their Davis Cup tie in Glasgow level at 1-1...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Tories face 'inner city test'
David Cameron says his party has a "mountain to climb" in the inner cities as he aims to bring about a Tory urban revival...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Iraqis' daily lives
Throughout 7 April, the BBC News website is asking from people from all walks of life, all over Iraq to tell us about their everyday experiences...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Court rejects Da Vinci copy claim
The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown did not breach the copyright of an earlier book, the High Court rules...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Second arrest in hospital murder
An 18-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of a nursing assistant at an east London hospital...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Dozens die in Iraq mosque attack
Dozens of people die and 138 are injured in an apparent triple suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque, police say...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Calm is urged over bird flu case
There should be no temptation to "turn a drama into a crisis" over the H5N1 bird flu case, a minister urges...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Air trends 'amplifying' warming
Reductions in air pollution and increasing water vapour levels are adding to climate change, scientists say...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Ruling expected in Da Vinci case
A judge is due to decide if Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown infringed the copyright of another book...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
European net domain opens to all
EU citizens can now apply for a domain name bearing the .eu suffix, with interest expected to be high...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Drug trial man refuses more tests
A man who volunteered for a drugs trial which went dramatically wrong claims he was told he would not be paid unless he had further tests...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Heseltine council superboss call
Ex-deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine is set to urge a radical rethink of who runs local councils...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Linguists 'have different brains'
People with an aptitude for languages could have different shaped brains to others, scientists say...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Scores arrested in Nepal protest
At least 150 opposition protesters are held after clashing with police in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
IRA 'not behind' ex-spy killing
The family of a former British spy say they do not believe the IRA was responsible for his murder...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Bird flu talks held with farmers
Agriculture Minister Ross Finnie meets NFU officials to decide what steps need to be taken to contain bird flu...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
N Korea talks revival 'up to US'
North Korea says it is up to the US to revive stalled talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms programme...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Poll gives Italian expats a voice
Expatriate Italians vote for their own candidates for the first time in general elections...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
EU suspends aid to Palestinians
The European Commission temporarily halts aid payments to the Hamas-led Palestinian government...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Ask our interactive panel
Send your questions about politics and daily life inside Iraq to the interactive panel from around the country...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Rugby U: Matt Dawson to retire
England and Wasps scrum-half Matt Dawson is to retire from rugby at the end of the season...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Obasanjo should resign, VP says
The row between Nigeria's leaders intensifies, with the vice-president urging President Olusegun Obasanjo to step down...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Man arrested over nurse killing
Police question a man about the death of a nurse who was stabbed in a frenzied attack while out on her break...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
BAE confirms possible Airbus sale
UK defence and aerospace group BAE Systems confirms it is in talks to sell its 20% stake in aircraft-maker Airbus...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
U.S. Won't Seek a Seat on the U.N. Rights Council
A State Department spokesman said the U.S. would sit out the first election but would probably run a year from now...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Alone and Broke, Hamas Struggles to Rule
Ismail Haniya faces not only diplomatic isolation and a bankrupt treasury but an intense rivalry with Fatah...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Britain Confirms Case of Bird Flu in Dead Swan
Tests confirmed the first recorded case of the disease in a wild bird in Britain...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
At a Secret Meeting, Chinese Analysts Clashed Over Reforms
The forum offered a glimpse into the policy debate among influential people considered core supporters of the Communist Party's market-oriented economic reforms...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Blair and Ahern Warn Ulster: End the Standoff by Fall Deadline
The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland warned that they could find a new way to govern Northern Ireland...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
10 Are Killed in Bombing Near Shrine Holy to Shiites
The car bomb, which ripped through a crowd near the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf on Thursday, also wounded 34 people...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Diabetes link to passive smoking
A study suggests passive smoking increases the risk of developing diabetes, as does smoking itself...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Gold price passes $600 an ounce
Gold prices climb past $600 an ounce, driven on by investors who see it offering better returns than shares or bonds...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Galloway 'exposes fake sheikh'
Respect MP George Galloway publishes a picture he says is that of undercover newspaper reporter Mazher Mahmood...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Readers' images from Iraq
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BBC News - April 7, 2006
Golf: Howell heads Brit challenge
David Howell cards a one-under 71 to be the leading British player at Augusta after the first round of the Masters...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Koreas to resume high-level talks
The two Koreas are to restart talks suspended by the North in protest over US-South Korean military drills...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Security tight after nurse killed
Security is stepped up at a hospital where a nurse was stabbed to death as she took a cigarette break...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
EU imposes Asian shoe penalties
The EU begins levying punitive duties on shoe imports from China and Vietnam, in a move to stop cheap imports...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
US 'in talks with Iraq militants'
The US ambassador to Iraq tells the BBC that US officials have held talks with insurgency-linked groups...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Latest Iraq news at a glance
On Friday, 7 April, the BBC is taking an in-depth look at the reality of life in Iraq, almost three years after the fall of Baghdad...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Ask our interactive panel
Send your questions about politics and daily life inside Iraq to the interactive panel from around the country...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Unions call for talks over Airbus
Union leaders seek urgent talks with BAE Systems after it revealed plans to sell its 20% stake in Airbus...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Judge rapped over boy race case
A teaching union criticises a judge who said prosecuting a boy over alleged racism was "political correctness gone mad"...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Tories set for urban conference
David Cameron prepares to make his first major speech as Tory leader as the party gathers for its spring conference...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
NY police guilty of mafia murders
Two long-serving New York detectives are convicted of murder for participating in mafia killings...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
More birds tested for deadly flu
Tests are being carried out on 14 birds after the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was found in a dead swan in Scotland...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
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